Satellite data shows that more than a quarter of the world’s newly added green space between 2000 and 2017 was found in China, making it the largest contributor to the global landscape’s greening.
There must be specific and reasonable rules guiding China’s carbon emission market, so that international participants can also contribute to the country’s goal of carbon peaking and neutrality.
The myriad of climate change consequences on international security and stability will increasingly become visible in the coming decade.
Apart from nuclear energy, the country is developing a variety of new energy sources to replace as much of its current fossil-based energy supply as possible.
It is a common cause for humanity to combat climate change. The global efforts in this regard can be taken as a mirror for humans to reflect on what models are suitable for future global governance and how to build a community of a shared future for all humanity.
Strict control should be conducted over coal consumption and efforts should be made to achieve the peaking of coal consumption as soon as possible.
Beijing’s ambitions and actions provide a new paradigm for the world in its battle to contain the climate crisis.
As the world’s largest developing country, and at a critical stage in its own development, China is committed to completing the world’s most dramatic reduction in carbon emissions and realizing carbon neutrality in the shortest time ever recorded.
This is, perhaps, the very transformational moment in which China could create an ecological civilization that positively changes not only China, but the entire world.
Got a burning question on China? ChinaFocus has got you covered with #FindingAnswersinChina. In episode five, we take a look at how China is battling the greatest existential crisis of our time: Climate Change. For decades, economic expansion was prioritised over environmental protection in China, but over the past few years, a significant shift has been made to focus on a greener future. At last week’s Leaders Climate Summit, China reiterated its biggest statement yet on climate change, promising to reach peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2060. Achieving it will require a complete overhaul of how ordinary Chinese people live. So how does it plan to achieve it?
Developed nations have long been responsible for the effects of climate change, with United States President Joe Biden calling for them to do more and “step-up”. But many are still failing to answer this call.
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